Pakur is one of 24 districts located in eastern Indian state Jharkhand. There are total 6 blocks which comes under Pakur district, and there are total 1247 villages and 3 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Pakur district is 353 and number of houses in this district is 172984.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 854582. Out of total 854582, male population count is 429008, where as female population count is 425574 in Pakur.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 171271 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 171271 children 86728 are boys and 84543 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Pakur district is 37%. 322240 out of total 854582 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 44% and 190349 males are literate out of total 429008 male population, where as female literacy rate is 69% and 131891 out of total 425574 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Pakur district is 62%. 532342 out of total 854582 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 55% and 238659 males are illiterate out of total 429008 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 69% and 293683 out of total 425574 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Pakur district is 389678 and non-working population is 464904 and out of 389678 working population 68441 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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